Wes,
I met Don on a GMC sponsored MotorSports event and
spent a lot of time with him in which he showed me a
lot of the wind cheating tricks they put on the little
truck. MY POSTER hangs over my desk. wmts
Quoting Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>:
> Ed, Mike,
>
> That was an interesting crew ... Stringfellow,
Stringfellow and Kirk. They
> sure make that stretched 280Z move down the salt.
Don apparently is the
> Banks distributor in the lower mid-west area.
>
> Jim Kirk set one of the records that car held. After
that day and before
> they left the salt, Don gave me an autographed poster
of the GMC record
> attempt that is framed and hanging on the wall in my
garage right now. One
> of my treasures.
>
> The motorhome that USFRA uses for a timing base is a
leftover from the
> Cyclone Project ... the hydraulic radio antenna still
works very well ...
> when they were doing the truck racing the back of
that vehicle was filled
> with TV monitors ... those were gone when they
donated the motorhome to us
> but the roll-up door is still there. Notice the
graphics on the motorhome
> next time you see it. At one time they matched the
truck and the other
> vehicles involved in the attempt. We have just added
the USFRA lettering.
>
> Wes
>
> 4/13/01 8:59 PM, Ed Van Scoy at edvs@uswest.net
wrote:
>
> > A few years ago, I was crewing for an entry in the
Parker 400 desert race
> & I
> > met
> > a fellow named Jim Kirk from Buckeye AZ
that "partnered" with
> Stringfellow.
> > Ring
> > a bell with you?
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Flowbench@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> In a message dated 4/13/01 7:03:18 PM Pacific
Daylight Time,
> >> Wmtsmith@landracing.com writes:
> >>
> >> << Mike did you work with Don on the gmc Syclone
project?
> >> wmts >>
> >>
> >> No I was no longer involved in that program but I
did continue to go to
> >> Bonneville and help out on a couple other cars and
two club members over
> the
> >> years.
> >>
> >> Mike
>
> ///
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